17. september 2005

IBM to Encourage Employees to Be Teachers (AP). AP - International Business Machines Corp., worried the United States is losing its competitive edge, will financially back employees who want to leave the company to become math and science teachers. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:32:14 PM    comment [] Putin Won't Support U.N. Action Against Iran . President Bush won no support from Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday in his bid to bring Iran before the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions and acknowledged he has not yet forged an international consensus on how to deal with Tehran's alleged nuclear program. By Peter Baker. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 2:31:13 PM    comment [] Schwarzenegger Declares He's Running for Governor Again . SAN DIEGO, Sept. 16 -- Declaring "I am here as your warrior," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Friday that he will seek reelection in 2006, hoping to reverse a months-long slide in the polls and rejuvenate his campaign to pass three controversial ballot initiatives in November. By John Pomfret. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 2:30:00 PM    comment [] Jailed Reporter Is Distanced From News, Not Elite Visitors . Locked in the Alexandria Detention Center for the past 11 weeks, New York Times reporter Judith Miller is cut off from the world. She has no Internet access and precious little opportunity to view CNN. Her phone calls are limited, friends say. Her daily newspaper arrives a day late. By Carol D. Leonnig. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 2:29:06 PM    comment [] On Abortion, Few Seem to Take Roberts at Face Value . In 20 hours of Senate testimony this week, John G. Roberts Jr. made several comments that would seem reassuring to abortion rights advocates and unsettling to those seeking to outlaw abortion. There is a constitutional right to privacy, he said. And justices should show significant deference to... By Charles Babington. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 2:27:23 PM    comment [] Rebuilding New Orleans 'a Lot of Work for a Little Pay' . NEW ORLEANS -- Craig Lock was living in the Red Cross shelter at the Cajundome in Lafayette, La., when an announcement came over the sports arena's loudspeakers. Anyone looking for a job was told to meet the next morning at 6 at a designated gate. By Keith L. Alexander. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 2:24:23 PM    comment [] Media Still Stranded by Storm . WVUE's New Orleans television studio is still under water and environmental teams have yet to wade in to determine if it is safe for humans. The station's signal, like 100 others along the Gulf Coast, was knocked out shortly after Katrina struck. A generator blew. The news team was shipped 144 miles... By Frank Ahrens. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 2:23:20 PM    comment [] Pipelines and Refineries Seen as Snags to Oil and Gas Flow. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Reuters) - It may take until the end of October for oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico to return to levels near where they were before Hurricane Katrina, but it will take longer for that much gas and oil to reach the market again, the government said Friday. By REUTERS. [NYT > Business] 2:21:08 PM    comment []

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